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Fiction Suspense

No Killing Sky

by (author) Rory McCourt

Publisher
New Internationalist
Initial publish date
Sep 2017
Category
Suspense
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781780263922
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $16.95

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When a young Irish climber, Liam Doyle, sets out to discover who has murdered his father, high in the death zone of the 'savage mountain' K2, he is confronted by a series of inexplicable and deeply troubling events.
Gradually and circuitously he uncovers an international fossil fuel cartel that has set out to restore the Arctic ice sheets, by covertly releasing aerosol sulphates into the planet's stratosphere. Their intention is, once again, to discredit contemporary climate science, manipulate the markets, delay the development of renewables and ultimately make a further fortune from ongoing geo—engineering.
The Arctic ice has returned, the South Asian monsoon has failed again and Donna Stone, the new US president, has been assassinated. There is now no choice for Liam and his associates but to risk their lives trying to expose the activities of this criminal cabal to the world's media. Only then might it be possible to prevent a catastrophe that could ultimately claim the lives of more than a billion people.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Rory McCourt's backround is in graphic design, advertising and film production. He co—wrote, with Boyd Anderson, the novel Children of the Dust under the name Anderson McCourt. Apart from fiction he works extensively with several environmental groups concerned with climate change, ongoing coal mining and the health of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.